Re:When You Account For Pensions, The Boston Globe Sold For ...
by btilly on Saturday August 03, 2013 @11:31PM
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A good comment that I heard in personal conversation from a newscaster over a decade ago sums up most of the traditional media.
The line reporting staff overwhelmingly tend to be left wing. The owners tend to be extreme right wing. Which way the media goes on a particular issue depends on whether it raised to the personal attention of the owners or was left to the staff.
(Fox, of course, changed this by being right wing ownership that tried to make the whole outlet right wing..except for token liberals to provide the losing straw man arguments...)
The line reporting staff overwhelmingly tend to be left wing. The owners tend to be extreme right wing. Which way the media goes on a particular issue depends on whether it raised to the personal attention of the owners or was left to the staff.
(Fox, of course, changed this by being right wing ownership that tried to make the whole outlet right wing..except for token liberals to provide the losing straw man arguments...)